John Guidetti helped himself to a hat-trick as Celtic cruised into the Scottish League Cup semi-finals with a 6-0 pummelling of Partick Thistle, who were made to pay the price for playing the second-half with 10 men.

Former Celtic players Charlie Nicolas and Andy Walker accused the club of refusing to invest sufficiently in the squad after the Scottish champions wasted a Champions League reprieve by crashing out of the competition in the play-off round.

Celtic were unmoved after Legia Warsaw called on their "best traditions of honour and honesty" in requesting that the Scottish champions agree to a further meeting to determine which of them should progress in the Champions League.

Celtic have been handed a Champions League reprieve and drawn against Maribor in the play-off round after Legia Warsaw were punished for fielding an ineligible player in their win over the Scottish champions.

Celtic could be handed a sensational Champions League reprieve after UEFA launched an investigation into the eligibility of one of Legia Warsaw's players during their 6-1 aggregate win over the Scottish champions.